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Heads of State

Year of the Metal Monkey庚申(at the beginning of Earth Sheep己未)

Era of Diocletian: 376/377 ( year November )

Syria: 971/972 (October)

Events

Politics and World Affairs

Islamic expansion

  • Muawiya I. erected in Damascus a counter- caliphate against Ali ibn Abi Talib: the beginning of the dynasty of the Umayyads (up to 750 )

Europe

  • Swithhelm succeeds Sigeberht II as King of Essex.
  • Domangart II becomes King of Dalriada as the successor of Conall II

Korea

  • The kingdom of Baekje is affiliated to the Korean kingdom of Silla.

Born

  • Yamanoue no Okura, Japanese poet († 733 )
  • 660: Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, Japanese poet († 720 )
  • Bertrada the Elder, Frankish nobleman, founder of the Abbey of Prüm ( † after 721 )
  • 660: Acca, Bishop of Hexham († 737, 740 or 742)
  • 660: Odilia, Alsatian clergy and saints († 720)

Died

  • Clarus of Vienne, abbot (c. 590)
  • Conall II, King of Dalriada
  • 659 or 660: Eligius, Catholic saint
April 2014 List of centuries 5th century 9th century 620s 630s 640s 650s 660s 670s 680s 690s 700s (decade) 655 665 Armenian calendar Vikram Samvat Buddhist calendar Sexagenary cycle Dai people Iranian calendars Coptic calendar Swithhelm of Essex Sigeberht the Good Domangart mac Domnaill Dál Riata Conall Crandomna Acca of Hexham Odile of Alsace Saint Eligius
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